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CAMPFIRE WOOD MOUND Filed Nov. 14, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

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DominickMJfizrino ATTE] RNEYS Patented May 23, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE CAMPFIRE WOOD MOUND Dominick Michael Marino, Red Lodge, Mont.

Application November 14, 1945, Serial No. 628,542

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to means for imparting fragrance to theatmosphere in a room and more particularly to an incense burner of anornamental nature.

It is an object of this invention to provide a simple non-expensive,pleasing, ornamental and durable device of this character that isstriking and complex in appearance in that it represents a smolderinglog camp-fire.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means fordistributing and emitting the smoke and fragrance of the burning incensetherein so that the fumes are distributed and emitted to the surroundingair.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists of the novel details of construction, arrangement andcombination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a rearview of an embodiment of the invention showing the arched formation ofone of the logs describing an opening for the insertion and lighting ofthe incense.

Figure 2 is a front view thereof.

Figure 3 is a side view of the left side of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a side view of the right side of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 5, and

Figure '7 is a sectional view on the line 'l--'l of Figure 5.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the reference numeral I lldesignates the base of the device having a flat top I 2 and flat bottoml4, but since the base may be cut from a natural tree trunk or stem, theouter contour of the periphery thereof will assume the shape of thematerial from which it is cut and will harmonize with the rugged andnatural appearance of the campfire mound l6 fixed on the top l2 of thebase. At the medial point of the base beneath the mound, the top of thebase is provided with the circular recess l8 in which the incensereceiving cup 2!! is seated and the cup is provided with a handle 22 foreasy manipulation thereof.

The mound l6 comprises the log simulating elements 24 which are soarranged as to provide a hollow mound forming a substantiallysemicircular cavity 26 surrounding the incense receiving cup 20.

The elements 24 are so arranged as to provide outlet openings 28 throughwhich the fumes of 2 the burning incense are distributed and emittedinto the surrounding atmosphere.

Adjacent the base ID, the elements 24 form draft inlet openings 30 topermit the ingress of air to enhance the burning of the incense.

Access is gained to the cavity 26 by means of an opening 32 as shown inFigure l which is formed by having one of the elements 24 shaped in theform of an arch 34 and having its ends 36 secured to the base. Throughthis arcuate or arched opening 32, the cup 20 may be inserted with theincense previously ignited or the incense may be placed in the cup 20and then ignited.

The base In and mound It may be molded of plastic or metal with theseelements assuming the shape of logs and the like or the elements may becut from the natural wood and formed as shown. The assembly may be madeas a unit or in several pieces and then assembled as a unit.

When the device is to be used, the incense is placed in the cup and thecup in the recess, the incense can be preignited or ignited after thecup has been placed in the recess. The smoke and fumes will then curlrealistically through the various outlet openings distributing thefragrance of the incense throughout the atmosphere and giving apicturesque and realistic semblance of a log fire burning or smolderingin the forest.

Although the present invention has been described in detail, it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to the details ofconstruction and the specific arrangement of the various parts andcombination thereof illustrated and described as changes in the detailsof construction, arrangement and combination of parts may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of theappended claims since the phraseology or terminology herein employed isfor the purpose of description and not of limitation.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. An incense burner comprising a base, an incense receiving cup in thecenter of the base, and a mound on the base over the incense cup,consisting of elements of such form and relative arrangement as tostimulate wooden logs of a campfire mound, and being arranged to providea hollow mound having openings between said elements for the outlet ofthe smoke of the burning incense, and to provide an opening of such sizein the cup and ignited.

2. The device of claim 1 in which the front and foremost elements of themound are of arcuate formation with their ends secured to the base toprovide an opening below said arcuate formation such that the incensemay be placed in the cup and ignited.

DOMINICK MICHAEL MARINO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Reenstierna. Feb. 18, 1913 BoothMar. 17, 1925 Newton Sept. 22, 1931

